{"id":8418,"date":"2026-01-27T19:26:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=8418"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:26:47","slug":"daniel-c-anderson-to-run-for-bureau-county-states-attorney-shawlocal-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=8418","title":{"rendered":"Daniel C. Anderson to run for Bureau County state\u2019s attorney &#8211; shawlocal.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"robot-feature-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shawlocal.com\/resizer\/BxkP4HTMuak4g_ywt5iAzFvbVck%3D\/1200x630\/filters%3Aformat%28jpg%29%3Aquality%2870%29%3Afocal%28802x824%3A812x834%29\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/shawmedia\/C22OCQIP6VB4TOYHXGPKQEMTYM.jpg?w=860&#038;ssl=1\" \/><br \/><span>Princeton native attorney Daniel C. Anderson announced his intention to run as a Republican for Bureau County state\u2019s attorney. <\/span>(Photo provided by Daniel C. Anderson)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/princeton\/\" target=\"_blank\">Princeton<\/a> native attorney Daniel C. Anderson announced his intention to run as a Republican for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/bureau-county\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bureau County<\/a> state\u2019s attorney.<br \/>He filed his candidacy paperwork earlier this month with the county clerk\u2019s office.<br \/>He is serving as the first assistant Bureau County state\u2019s attorney. Anderson is a lifelong resident of Princeton and graduated from Princeton High School in 1996. He went on to earn his bachelor\u2019s degree from Western Illinois University in 2000 and juris doctorate degree from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2003.<br \/>Anderson began his legal career with the Princeton firm Russell, English, Scoma &amp; Beneke before moving to the state\u2019s attorney\u2019s office in 2007, where he continues to serve.<br \/>Anderson has served under three state\u2019s attorneys and has more than 16 years of criminal prosecution experience. He has handled many cases and been involved with multiple aspects of county government. Anderson was promoted to first assistance in July 2023 under current State\u2019s Attorney Tom Briddick, who will not seek election in 2024.<br \/>Anderson has been active in community organizations such as Cub Scouts, Princeton Youth Football League, and Princeton Youth Baseball and Softball leagues. He participates with the Princeton High School Athletic and Music Booster Clubs. He also previously served on the Prairie State Legal Services board.<br \/>Anderson has been married to his high school sweetheart Heidi for 21 years. She is a second-grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in Princeton. Together, they are raising three children, Ben, Nolan and Ashley, all students at PHS.<br \/>Attorney Bradley P. Popurella filed paperwork to run for the Democratic nomination.<br \/>Shaw Local News Network provides local news throughout northern Illinois<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQU3BONlkyQU1XSmg0N19McHEzRXo4T3lHZnhOXy1QZWVMTkpMVFlZUlk5WGZpVERYZ0dzdkhTclZfdGZaczN2c0hkU2RWTjhoZXZ5aDRvZVRXTG5oa0pzd1NYWnR6cmhQdmI5X3NHcDFPMlZxVGphVGtsWU9BSy1oa19LSXYtZURQY3FRM1hXaHhMOWNwYTVXalU4b0JvczRwU3BzLXVhNk5LNERfTDNkellB?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Princeton native attorney Daniel C. Anderson announced his intention to run as a Republican for Bureau County state\u2019s attorney. (Photo provided by Daniel C. Anderson)Princeton native attorney Daniel C. Anderson announced his intention to run as a Republican for Bureau County state\u2019s attorney.He filed his candidacy paperwork earlier this month with the county clerk\u2019s office.He is serving as the first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}